Medina Today

There were 670 pre-kindergarten students enrolled in Medina County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 6.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Eliza Northrop Elementary School welcomed most of the pre-kindergarten students in the county, registering 161 students.

Within Medina County schools, the highest student count was found in 10th grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in pre-kindergarten.

Statewide, Medina County ranked 18th in enrollment numbers, with a total of 23,635 students enrolled in the 2023-24 school year. It was also ranked 18th the year before.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	# of Pre-kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Eliza Northrop Elementary School	161	27.5	586
Walter Kidder Elementary School	147	29.6	496
Overlook Elementary School	125	30.3	412
Buckeye Intermediate School	85	14.6	584
Cloverleaf Elementary School	78	7.1	1,104
Granger Elementary School	74	14.6	508
Isham Memorial Elementary School	0	0	349
Lincoln Elementary School	0	0	224
Valley View Elementary School	0	0	330
Wadsworth High School	0	0	1,406
Central Intermediate School	0	0	582
Buckeye High School	0	0	577
Buckeye Primary School	0	0	603
Buckeye Junior High School	0	0	310
Cloverleaf High School	0	0	561
Cloverleaf Middle School	0	0	595
Highland High School	0	0	1,019
Hinckley Elementary School	0	0	388
Highland Middle School	0	0	761
Sharon Elementary School	0	0	663
Applewood Elementary School	0	0	480
Brunswick High School	0	0	1,786
Crestview Elementary School	0	0	452
Huntington Elementary School	0	0	483
Hickory Ridge Elementary School	0	0	416
Brunswick Memorial Elementary School	0	0	375
Brunswick Middle School	0	0	1,325
Ella Canavan Elementary School	0	0	345
Ralph E. Waite Elementary School	0	0	455
Garfield Elementary School	0	0	214
Claggett Middle School	0	0	671
Medina High School	0	0	1,811
Sidney Fenn Elementary School	0	0	402
Heritage Elementary School	0	0	335
A. I. Root Middle School	0	0	670
H. G. Blake Elementary School	0	0	433
Wadsworth Middle School	0	0	630
Franklin Elementary School	0	0	247